-----------hardcover, a Fine example, still in ORIGINAL SHRINKWRAP so essentially an as NEW copy, in a Fine dustjacket, I am assuming this is a FIRST PRINTING but I cannot say with 100% certainty that it is (if it is an issue for you, please consider an alternate copy ), 260 --- pages, illustrated throughout, ---"Highlights from the Peabody Essex Museum?s Herwitz Collection of Indian art, the preeminent public collection outside of India ---A revolutionary art movement asserted itself in India between the declaration of independence at midnight on August 15, 1947, and the economic boom of the 1990s. This is the first in-depth study of the three generations of artists responsible for critical shifts in the development of India?s modernist art. Their achievements and the country?s unprecedented boom ushered India?s modern and contemporary art into a new era of globalism, a soaring international market, and an explosion in the media and technologies of art. After independence, India?s artists faced a particular artistic challenge: how to express the new nation?s distinctive character while entering a global discourse focused on modernism?s universal premises of experimentation and shared human values. In the absence of a dominant aesthetic, painters could turn where they wished and blend as they liked -from Abstract Expressionism to Tantric spiritualism; from Rajasthani painting to changes in India?s complex politics, religions, classes, and vernacular life. The contributors to this beautifully illustrated publication bring a deep knowledge of both India and modern and contemporary art: Susan S. Bean, Curator of South Asian and Korean Art at the Peabody Essex Museum; Homi K. Bhabha, Harvard University; Rebecca M. Brown, Johns Hopkins University; Beth Citron, Rubin Museum of Art; Ajay Sinha, Mount Holyoke College; and Karin Zitzewitz, Michigan State University", ---extra shipping might be required depending upon destination ---if an issue please inquire before ordering, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---
Title: Midnight to the Boom: Painting in India After Independence / Peabody Essex Museum - Thames & Hudson ( STILL IN ORIGINAL SHRINKWRAP )
Edition: First Edition
ISBN Number: 0500238936
ISBN-13: 9780500238936
Illustrator: Uncredited Cover Art
Location Published: London, England, London, UK: Thames & Hudson ( T&H), 2013, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2013
Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: New (see Description )
Jacket Condition: Fine (see description)
Inscription: Not Signed
Size: 10w x 12.25h Inches
Type: Flap Not Clipped
Categories: Art
Seller ID: 169950
Keywords: midnight to the boom: painting in india after independence / peabody essex museum - thames & hudson ( still in original shrinkwrap )